{"id":1088,"date":"2009-04-28T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2011-02-01T20:15:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T01:15:05","slug":"experimental-cooking-tuesdays-strawberry-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/2009\/04\/28\/experimental-cooking-tuesdays-strawberry-smoothie\/","title":{"rendered":"experimental cooking tuesdays &#8211; strawberry smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post was originally published on Awesomeopolis.com on April 28, 2009.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-102\" title=\"cookingbanner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/cookingbanner.gif\" alt=\"cookingbanner\" width=\"600\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Experimental Cooking Tuesdays<\/em><\/strong> a is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/tag\/experimental-cooking-tuesdays\/\" target=\"_self\">regular feature<\/a> where I attempt to cook and create something edible.  I&#8217;m not a trained chef at all, and I hope that by sharing my experiences with you, that everyone can learn a little more about cooking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiment #3: Strawberry Smoothie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-386\" title=\"smoothie01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/smoothie01.jpg\" alt=\"smoothie01\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I tried <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jambajuice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jamba Juice<\/a> for the first time this past summer on a trip to California.  My thoughts: tasty, but overpriced!<\/p>\n<p>You can make your own smoothies at home with a blender, all for pennies on the dollar that you would spend elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a super-simple recipe for creating a fat-free smoothie for both you and a loved one.  Ehhh, on second thought, just drink it all yourself, because it&#8217;s DELICIOUS.  Then tell them to go make their own!<\/p>\n<p>How-to after the jump:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 Cup Frozen Strawberries<br \/>\n1 Cup Fat-Free Vanilla Yogurt<br \/>\n1\/2 Cup Fat-Free Milk<\/p>\n<p>Remember, this is for two servings.  If you want a smaller portion, just half the ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Measuring Cups<br \/>\nBlender<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Measure ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Dump into blender<\/li>\n<li>Blend<\/li>\n<li>Pour into cups<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lessons Learned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure everything gets blended through.  You might have to stop the blender, and use a spoon to mix things up, and blend again.<\/li>\n<li>While my blender may not be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awesomeopolis.com\/2009\/04\/13\/machines-that-destroy-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blendtec<\/a> machine, it still gets the job done.  In fact, I have no idea how I came to own a blender.  Anyone know how I got my blender?<\/li>\n<li>This particular combination was DELICIOUS and comes with a high recommendation.  Other combinations aren&#8217;t as good, but I&#8217;ll cover some other smoothie combinations in a future post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pictures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-387\" title=\"smoothie02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/smoothie02.jpg\" alt=\"smoothie02\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hate yogurt! Even with strawberries!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-388\" title=\"smoothie03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/smoothie03.jpg\" alt=\"smoothie03\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Preparing for blend-off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-389\" title=\"smoothie04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/smoothie04.jpg\" alt=\"smoothie04\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whirl up some delicious goodness.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in next week for more experiemental cooking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post was originally published on Awesomeopolis.com on April 28, 2009. Experimental Cooking Tuesdays a is a regular feature where I attempt to cook and create something edible. I&#8217;m not a trained chef at all, and I hope that by sharing my experiences with you, that everyone can learn a little more about cooking. Experiment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[42,96],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-awesomeopolis","tag-experimental-cooking-tuesdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coreyhulse.com\/corey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}